Chapter 2583 Recreated <TOC> Chapter 2585 Starshine Stone
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Translator: SumTLMan
Angel crafted the podium without any concealment because strictly speaking, this was not alchemy. It was merely shaping through the application of a heat spell, creating a rather simple podium, a task within the capabilities of any wizard.
As for the inscribing of runes, there was no need for concealment either, since this technique inherently included encryption.
While Angel’s crafting was in full swing, the others each harbored their own thoughts.
Probably the least preoccupied was Kael, who wandered alone in the underground church, the name of the ruins unmarred by the mundanity of the place. Apart from possible magic formations, the church itself bore many ancient traces worthy of study.
Daus lounged lazily on the second floor’s railing, one foot idly swinging in the air, holding a jug of blackberry wine. He appeared untroubled, but the constant subtle shifts in his expression revealed his mind was far from still.
Below the platform, Vai sat on a long bench, seemingly deep in prayer. In reality, he was silently communicating with the Black Count through a bloodline connection.
“Ancestor…” Vai paused after the respectful address, as if choosing his words carefully: “Is this place we are exploring truly related to our Noah family?”
A scoff echoed in Vai’s mind: “Do you think you can hide your true thoughts from me? What you really want to ask is, what did I see on that podium just now, isn’t it?”
Vai responded hesitantly: “I’m just worried it’s a secret, sorry for asking.”
After a brief silence, the Black Count replied: “Let me answer your first question. I can’t be certain if this exploration is related to our Noah family, but the probability is high. If we could connect to the true body or at least three organs, my premonition should yield a definite answer, but…”
Vai understood the Black Count’s unfinished thoughts. The recent verbal clash between the Super Dimensional Wizard and his ancestor was still fresh in his memory.
“I don’t know the answer, but that young man definitely knows something.”
Otherwise, Angel would not have insisted that he not contact other organs or the true body.
Vai: “The Super Dimensional Wizard must have foreseen something, right?”
The Black Count: “These details aren’t important, even though he said nothing. But by making those demands, he has already tacitly acknowledged that this ruin exploration inevitably involves the Noah family.”
Still, this did not enable the Black Count to definitively conclude that the ruin was related to the Noah family. Perhaps the great ancestor of the Noah family had some connection with this ruin, but it might not be a Noah family ruin.
After all, the Noah family of that era was not a prominent family and likely did not reach the core layers of Nightfall City.
Different levels, different exposures. It was not certain that the Noah family’s great ancestor could access the underground labyrinth, much less its official institutions.
It was these various considerations that made the Black Count cautious about jumping to conclusions.
The Black Count couldn’t help but curse Angel in his heart once again. If it weren’t for that damned request Angel had made, he wouldn’t have been so passive.
The Black Count did not verbalize his curses, but Vai, through the mental connection of the same bloodline, heard everything clearly.
Although Vai was inclined towards the Noah family, as Angel’s new admirer, he couldn’t help but interrupt the Black Count’s ranting.
Naturally, he had a legitimate reason.
“Ancestor, do the characters on that podium top truly relate to the deeds of our Noah family?”
The Black Count replied: “Indeed it does, but it’s not just any deeds. It refers to a person, one of our clan’s ancestors. Moreover, he is the least recorded and most mysterious figure in our family history.”
“Ancestor, you mean…” Vai, a member of the Noah family, had the family genealogy memorized, and with a hint from the Black Count, a name immediately sprang to mind.
“Mm-hmm, that’s him.”
After receiving confirmation from the Black Count, Vai fell silent for a moment before his emotions surged. He had never been keen on exploring ruins; he preferred staying indoors. But now, realizing the ruins might relate to that mysterious ancestor changed everything.
Vai had been curious about that legendary figure since childhood, a mix of youthful admiration for legends and a teenager’s fascination with mystery and the unknown.
This emotion had never faded, and now, the idol of his youth unexpectedly invaded his thoughts in such a way that he couldn’t help but be excited.
“Ancestor, how do the followers of the Demon God speak… of him?”
The Black Count said: “There are no further descriptions, just his name recorded with characters that signify great importance. Perhaps, our ancestor held an indispensable role in the events of those days.”
But as millennia flew by, those truths had long been buried in the sands of history.
Even the Noah family didn’t know what had really happened in Nightfall City back then… Perhaps only the mysterious sage of the Savage Grottoes knew the true story from that time.
Unfortunately, even the residents of the Savage Grottoes rarely saw this sage, let alone outsiders.
Lost in their silent reflections, time also passed.
When they snapped back from their reverie, Angel had already stood up from the ground.
It wasn’t long before the mental connection spread from Angel, connecting everyone.
“Is it done?” Daus asked before Angel could speak.
Angel replied: “It should be about done, now let’s see the final result.”
As he spoke, Angel picked up the “podium” placed beside him, immediately drawing everyone’s attention.
Angel, noting the crowd’s curiosity as they looked at the podium, didn’t mind and casually indicated for everyone to make themselves comfortable. The next moment, mental power unabashedly traveled back and forth across the podium.
However, apart from the Black Count, the others could only recognize the material used for the podium’s reproduction.
The Black Count, while able to recognize numerous runes, including three-dimensional ones, found the combination and arrangement of the runes to be a kind of mental and computational cipher, and he could only just make out where to activate and where to supply energy; the rest remained puzzling to him.
“The material of the podium top is consistent with the original podium’s surface, and the master control rune should be the same,” Angel explained casually as everyone observed.
“As for the podium’s column, I had just thoroughly examined Raven’s cane, and I can confirm that the part made from Sphinx Harpy demon blood ore has no runes at all. Its function is to use a type of entirely negative energy to block the energy from the master control rune from descending and prevent the rune’s effects from drilling into the ground. This method is somewhat extreme and wasteful, as it could easily be replaced with a derivative of Spirit Diamond… perhaps because Sphinx Harpy demon blood stone was cheaper at the time? Regardless, I used a derivative of Spirit Diamond for the column.”
The types of Spirit Diamonds vary, leading to a diversity of derivatives without a fixed name. However, no matter the type, all derivatives have the same effect of blocking the outflow of energy from within the Spirit Diamond.
Thus, Angel chose this cheaper material to replace the Sphinx Harpy demon blood ore.
Angel explained his choice of materials and his reasoning, but the crowd merely listened in one ear and out the other.
Only the Black Count discerned the hidden meaning in Angel’s words: “If the Sphinx Harpy demon blood ore merely blocks the flow of energy from the master control rune, then according to the node convection method, the flow of energy from the master control rune should be in the opposite direction. That means…”
The Black Count manipulated the stone slab to rise: “looking” towards the top of the underground church.
“Lord is correct, if nothing unexpected, those hidden runes should be near the apex.”
This answer stirred emotions in the Black Count’s heart, knowing that it was he who had initially inspected the top, while others only checked the various layers. And the inscription card was precisely what the Black Count had found at the apex.
He had thought that the inscription card was the only trace of the extraordinary at the top, but now Angel suggested that all answers and truths might lie at the apex.
Ironically, it was the very place he had inspected.
The others didn’t think much of it, but the Black Count felt somewhat uncomfortable.
“I’ve explained everything I need to; now it’s time to test its effects,” Angel concluded, inserting the podium into the groove in the ground but not immediately activating the master control rune. Instead, he turned towards… Vai.
“I don’t know what will happen when the rune is activated, and if something unexpected occurs, you, wielding the power of the earth, protect those ordinary people in the tunnels.”
Vai hadn’t expected to be the first to be “entrusted with a heavy responsibility,” clearly, the Super Dimensional Wizard valued him!
Without hesitation, Vai nodded: “Rest assured, lord, I guarantee their safety.”
Following this, Angel turned to Kael… and Daus.
Before Angel could even speak, Daus said: “You’ve protected the people, now do you want us to protect their goods? Don’t even think about it!”
“Typical Daus,” Angel said with a smile, which meant Daus had once again hit the nail on the head; Angel indeed intended for Daus and Kael to protect the goods.
Daus: “Just as I thought, there’s really no need to go to such lengths for these ordinary people.”
Daus had his opinions, and so did Angel.
Extraordinary as they were, Angel was reluctant to intentionally disrupt the lives of ordinary people, unless it touched his bottom line. Moreover, his team were the intruders, and it was the Hero Squad who had helped them greatly.
For this reason, Angel made arrangements for the aftermath.
“Just forget it, I won’t protect this junk!”
Angel silently glanced at the bottle of blackberry wine in Daus’ hand.
Seeing this, Daus immediately wanted to throw away the bottle, but since it was still half-full, and as a lover of wine, he couldn’t bear to part with it.
After hesitating for a moment, Daus said: “Except for the wine, everything else is junk.”
Angel: “…” Is this being flexible?
Angel: “I’m not negotiating with you; this is the task I’m assigning to you.”
After a pause, Angel repeated: “As The Team Leader, this is the task I’m assigning to you.”
Daus took a deep breath: “Alright, I’ll listen to you this time. But my intuition tells me that activating the magic formation won’t cause much damage to the underground church.”
In fact, it didn’t require intuition, just logical reasoning: If activating the magic formation here were to cause a big commotion, would those Demon God cultists have dared to build a church here?
However, times change, and now is not like the past. Angel, as a latter-day reproducer of the podium, had differences in material selection and reproduction, which introduces variables.
With variables, one must consider the consequences of those variables arising, even if the probability of such variables is one in ten thousand.
Moreover, the great power of time is also a significant variable.
Therefore, even with deductions, Angel still had to make all necessary arrangements.
Once Daus had agreed, how could Kael refuse? After arranging their tasks, Angel then turned to the Black Count.
“What you need to do is simple, activate the master control rune and continuously input magic power.”
The Black Count: “Can’t we use magic crystals?”
Angel shook his head: “Although I have said before that the rune is just concealed, it still exists. Existence is existence, yet whether it’s intact is another matter. After all, so much time has passed; if a rune turns out to be incomplete, I will immediately repair it.”
“So, once such a situation arises, it will be necessary for you, lord, to control the input of magical power. Not only must we prevent a collapse of the magic formation, but also we must regulate the flow of magic power according to the progress and speed of my rune repairs.”
“This task can only be accomplished by you, lord.”
After hearing Angel’s words, the Black Count regarded him even more highly; he was truly considering every possible scenario. He even thought about the possibility that after activating the magic formation, there might be a loss of runes that needed to be supplemented.
Moreover, the tasks assigned were reasonable.
Though the Black Count sneered at caring for ordinary people, he at least gave everyone something to do. It wasn’t just a mere formality of showing up.
The truly difficult tasks, however, were those assigned to Angel and himself.
Of course, the task for the Black Count, with his extensive experience and knowledge, was nothing significant. But if it were anyone else, even Daus, they would not be competent.
As for Angel’s task, should a real problem occur, it would be even more challenging than that of the Black Count.
Black Count: “Alright, I’ll take on this task.”
Pausing, the Black Count rarely made a casual remark, which was actually a compliment: “You’re doing quite well as a leader.”
“As long as the team members fully cooperate, I can do even better.” Angel implied.
“Don’t push your luck.” Although the Black Count was speaking in a threatening tone, his voice was relaxed, clearly not genuinely angry.
This was also a manifestation of the Black Count’s special regard for Angel.
“Lord, please don’t misunderstand, I really didn’t say anything.” Angel feigned innocence, then his expression returned to calm: “Let’s end the extraneous discussions here.”
“Lord, let’s begin now.”